1. Jupiter Cody and Brett

3. Introduction Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. If it were a hollow planet, over one thousand Earths could fit inside. It is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets combined ( 1.9 x 10^27 kg) 142,800 km diameter.

4. Facts Jupiter has very faint rings, and is totally invisible from Earth. The Voyager 1 discovered it in 1979, Has a very deep atmosphere, composed of mainly Hydrogen and Helium Atmospheric clouds and storms, which look like colorful latitudinal bands, illustrate the dynamic weather. The weather can change in hours, or days.

5. Jupiter’s Rings In-Depth Much smaller and harder to see than Saturn’s (invisible to the naked eye) Consists mostly of rocky material They appear to have no ice, unlike Saturn

6. Other Characteristics Its core’s temperature is around 20,000 K Its magnetosphere is much stronger than Earth’s It extends over 650 million km (that breaches the orbit of Saturn)

7. The Red Spot The red spot is a complex storm that moves in a counter-clockwise direction. Astronomers believe that the spot is red because it pulls up darker compounds from the planet. A century ago it measured at about 40,000 km, but today has shrunk to about half that size.

9. The Red Spot It has been observed for over 300 years Its discovery is generally attributed to Robert Hooke in the 17 th century

10. Moons Jupiter has 62 known moons. The four largest are Europa, Callisto, Ganymede, and Io. They are named after Galileo who first discovered them around 1610.

12. Moons Jupiter is slowing down due to the gravitational pull by its moons That same gravitational force is pushing the moons away from Jupiter

13. Life on Europa? Probably not But, Europa is covered by frozen water and has a surface temperature of - 260ºF It is possible there is liquid water beneath the surface, being heated from the core

14. Summary Jupiter is the 5 th planet from the Sun If it were a hollow planet, over one thousand Earths could fit inside. Jupiter has 62 known moons.

15. Video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6AIt36-whc They are not laughing at Jupiter, they are overjoyed at their discovery

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